A school in South Bend is taking on the production of Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights, a musical Miranda wrote about a young man in the Dominican community of New York's Washington Heights. The actors in this new production of the play are raising questions concerning diversity, especially being that often in theatre, diverse characters are replaced by white or non ethnic actors. This hinders the authenticity of the play as it seems as if the character is being "white washed" and losing its unique identity. The actor express how crucial it is to accurately portray unique and diverse characters that are written because we as an audience can glean an immense amount of knowledge from them and their perspective.
A school in South Bend is taking on the production of Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights, a musical Miranda wrote about a young man in the Dominican community of New York's Washington Heights. The actors in this new production of the play are raising questions concerning diversity, especially being that often in theatre, diverse characters are replaced by white or non ethnic actors. This hinders the authenticity of the play as it seems as if the character is being "white washed" and losing its unique identity. The actor express how crucial it is to accurately portray unique and diverse characters that are written because we as an audience can glean an immense amount of knowledge from them and their perspective.